[Qgis-user] Qgis tif to kmz?

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Ben Jones

2013-02-02 07:36:22 UTC

Dear All,

Is it possible to use Qgis to convert a georeferenced tif image to a kmz file?

Thanks,

Ben

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Nick Hopton

2013-02-02 13:10:05 UTC

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I don't think so, at present at least. This is more a job for MapTiler:

http://www.maptiler.org/

Nick.

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Mats Elfström

2013-02-02 13:42:07 UTC

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No, no software could. It is two fundamentally different file types.
I'ts like asking to convert a youtube movie to excel.

H?lsning / Regards
Mats.E

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Post by Ben Jones
Dear All,
Is it possible to use Qgis to convert a georeferenced tif image to a kmz file?
Thanks,
Ben
Ben Jones
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Tyler Mitchell

2013-02-02 17:41:47 UTC

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I thought KMZ supported an image overlay format.

Post by Mats ElfstrÃ¶m
No, no software could. It is two fundamentally different file types.
I'ts like asking to convert a youtube movie to excel.
H?lsning / Regards
Mats.E
Skickat fr?n min / Sent from my iPhone, Urs?kta att jag ?r kortfattad
/ Excuse my brevity.

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Andre Joost

2013-02-03 13:43:54 UTC

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Post by Tyler Mitchell
I thought KMZ supported an image overlay format.

Yes, Garmin Custom Maps are kmz files. Basically, it should be poosible
to create such files out of QGIS data. But I have not seen any plugin
doing that yet.

Greetings,
Andr? Joost

Duarte Carreira

2013-02-04 10:51:38 UTC

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GE does support image overlays. You can add a georreferenced image to Google earth and then save it as kmz, but you have to georeference the image again in ge. Or you can create a kml by hand, looking up the docs for kml.

Look here for instructions:
http://geochalkboard.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/using-the-image-overlay-tool-in-google-earth/

So, qgis does not do this work for you but it wouldn't be hard to do. It is just a matter of writing an xml file with the correct tags...

Regards,
Duarte

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De: Tyler Mitchell [mailto:info at locatepress.com]
Enviada: s?bado, 2 de Fevereiro de 2013 17:42
Para: Mats Elfstr?m
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I thought KMZ supported an image overlay format.

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Ben Jones

2013-02-07 01:30:32 UTC

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Thanks Duarte. Yes I know how to georeference an image in GE but I was hoping there was a way of avoiding doing the georeferencing twice (first in Qgis and again in GE). MapInfo has a Google Earth link tool that creates kmz files that can then be used in GE and GPS units. Think it would be nice to be able to do the same in Qgis. Thanks again,

Ben

Post by Duarte Carreira
GE does support image overlays. You can add a georreferenced image to Google earth and then save it as kmz, but you have to georeference the image again in ge. Or you can create a kml by hand, looking up the docs for kml.
http://geochalkboard.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/using-the-image-overlay-tool-in-google-earth/
So, qgis does not do this work for you but it wouldn't be hard to do. It is just a matter of writing an xml file with the correct tags...
Regards,
Duarte
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De: Tyler Mitchell [mailto:info at locatepress.com]
Enviada: s?bado, 2 de Fevereiro de 2013 17:42
Para: Mats Elfstr?m
Cc: Qgis; Ben Jones
Assunto: Re: [Qgis-user] Qgis tif to kmz?
I thought KMZ supported an image overlay format.

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JC Notter

2013-02-04 04:22:05 UTC

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Hi,

It's possible with the plugin : GarminCustomMap
(http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/GarminCustomMap/)
but in "low quality" ; this is for displaying in Garmin GPS

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maning sambale

2013-02-04 05:16:29 UTC

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Not in QGIS, but you can create superoverlay (kmz) with gdal_translate:
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/18280/batch-convert-geotiffs-to-kmz-files

I checked the GDALTools in QGIS but I can't find the KML SuperOverlay
as an output format.

Post by JC Notter
Hi,
It's possible with the plugin : GarminCustomMap
(http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/GarminCustomMap/)
but in "low quality" ; this is for displaying in Garmin GPS
Cheers

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